New laws rewrite rules on pesticides.... (new enrironmental laws supplement Delaney Clause of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act)(Science and Society)(Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: September 7, 1996 | Copyright information

On Aug. 3, President Clinton signed into law environmental legislation designed to get around some inflexible language in the nation's primary food safety law. The controversial measure had prohibited residues of cancer-causing pesticides in processed foods if the residues were more concentrated in the final product than in the raw ingredients-even if the amounts in question posed no demonstrable health risk.

This portion of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, known as the De...

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